"Drunk hit-and-run" Kim Ho-joong was sentenced to two and a half years in prison in the first trial... "I wonder if you felt guilty."

[Anchor]
Singer Kim Ho-joong, who made a drunk hit-and-run in May, was sentenced to two and a half years in prison in the first trial.

The court criticized that the crime was poor and that it was questionable whether Kim was guilty.

Reporter Kwon Junsu reports.

[Reporter]
Singer Kim Ho-joong, who was handed over to trial for causing a hit-and-run accident while driving while drinking, was sentenced to two and a half years in prison in the first trial.

The court not only escaped irresponsibly even though Kim caused a drunk driving accident,
He pointed out that he wasted considerable amount of police investigation by falsely turning himself in to his agency and manager
.

Mr. Kim had continued to deny the crime, but he did not admit it until ten days later.
Even with
, the court criticized him for making an excuse that was difficult to understand even though he could see him stumbling due to the influence of drinking by CCTV, which is objective evidence.

However, in this trial, only Kim was charged with danger-taking and criminal evacuation, and the charge of drunk driving was excluded.

This is because the blood alcohol level was not measured at the time of the accident,
At the time of
, Kim was found to have used the so-called 'drinking' method of drinking several times at time intervals.

The head of the agency and the head of the headquarters involved in the cover-up of Kim's accident were sentenced to two years in prison and one and a half years in prison, respectively, and the manager was sentenced to one year in prison and two years of probation.

Many fans visited the court from the morning to watch the first trial's sentence, but Kim, who came out in a black suit, never saw the audience throughout the sentence.

Kim, who said in his final statement that he would stay awake and live, also submitted a third letter of apology to the court ahead of the first trial's sentence.

However, the court scolded Kim for questioning whether he felt any guilt for his wrongdoings as an adult.

I'm YTN Kwon Junsu.

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; Choi Sung-hoon
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